DocumentCode
45083
Title
Textile-to-rigid microstrip transition using permanent magnets
Author
Fonseca, D.S. ; Seager, R.D. ; Flint, J.A.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electron., Loughborough Univ., Loughborough, UK
Volume
51
Issue
9
fYear
2015
fDate
4 30 2015
Firstpage
709
Lastpage
710
Abstract
A novel transition between a rigid-substrate and a flexible-substrate microstrip for use in wearable devices is described. The contact force between the conductors of the two microstrips is supplied by a pair of rectangular magnets. A simulation and measurement study carried out on a test jig comprising a back-to-back pair of such transitions demonstrated an insertion loss of better than 0.5 dB/transition can be achieved in the range of 0-3 GHz.
Keywords
microstrip antennas; permanent magnets; wearable antennas; conductors; flexible-substrate; frequency 0 GHz to 3 GHz; permanent magnets; rectangular magnets; rigid-substrate; textile-to-rigid microstrip transition; wearable devices;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el.2014.4361
Filename
7095660
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